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Definition of brick

brick

adjective

  • very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.
    It's brick outside today.
    • See more words with the same meaning: cold.

    Last edited on Mar 23 1999. Submitted by Meeka B. from Harlem, NY, USA on Mar 23 1999.

noun

  • an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."
    That kid is such a brick!

    Last edited on May 15 2002. Submitted by tim g. from Duluth, MN, USA on May 15 2002.

  • a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.
    He keeps on hitting bricks.
    Brick!

    Last edited on Jan 27 2003. Submitted by Fox from Queens, NY, USA on Jan 27 2003.

  • a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.
    I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.
    • See more words with the same meaning: cocaine.
    • See more words with the same meaning: drugs.

    Last edited on Mar 08 2003. Submitted by Terry S. from Long Island City, NY, USA on Mar 08 2003.

  • an external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc.

    Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

  • a piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new cell-phone ROMs, etc.
    I tried to run some program I got off the web to turn my phone into a wireless hotspot. Now it's a brick.
    • See more words with the same meaning: broken.
    • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

    Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

  • a large cellphone.

    Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

verb - ambitransitive

  • To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to.

    "Yeah, Annie planned the whole thing, but now she's bricking."

    "Yo, looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming."

    "Yeah, she planned the whole thing, but then she just bricked."

    Last edited on Dec 24 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 23 2012.

verb - transitive

  • to hit with bricks.
    James's car got bricked last night.

    Last edited on Mar 21 2006. Submitted by Key on Mar 21 2006.

  • to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.
    I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.

    Last edited on Aug 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'abbreviations (list of)':

Definitions include: shortened form of "brilliant".
Definitions include: review for correctness.
Definitions include: greetings.
Definitions include: bastard.
Definitions include: Common abbreviation for "ounce."
Definitions include: (short for) fabulous
Definitions include: sister.
Definitions include: "camera".
Definitions include: as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.
Definitions include: "cucumber".
Definitions include: see about it.
Definitions include: a shortened form of "Say what?", which means "What did you say?"
Definitions include: a rejected retard.
Definitions include: "you are".
Definitions include: clitoris.

Other terms relating to 'broken':

Definitions include: to pester or annoy.
Definitions include: broken or not functioning properly.
Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
Definitions include: out of service, broken, useless, inoperative.
Definitions include: extremely ugly.
Definitions include: to use one or more kludges (as described in the noun sense) to solve a problem.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: feces stains on underwear.
Definitions include: to break, to fail.
Definitions include: ruined.
Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
Definitions include: broken; ruined.
Definitions include: to have sex.
Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".

Other terms relating to 'cocaine':

Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: an ounce of marijuana.
Definitions include: Cocaine, "also yeo, yo-head etc."
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
Definitions include: kill, murder etc.
Definitions include: an eighth of an ounce of cocaine.
Definitions include: an exclamation of happiness.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: N: Cocaine
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: cocaine.

Other terms relating to 'cold':

Definitions include: cold.
Definitions include: less common spelling of nipply.
Definitions include: cold.
Definitions include: extremely cold.
Definitions include: fast.
Definitions include: "dumb brick", i.e. very cold.
Definitions include: A term for expressing extreme cool or cold temperatures.
Definitions include: of weather or an environment, cold enough to cause nipples to become erect.
Definitions include: extremely cold.
Definitions include: of weather, cold, causing nipples to harden.

Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great".
Definitions include: acronym for "Google that shit".
Definitions include: acronym for "I love you."
Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing my ass off".
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: acronym for "best friend forever" or "best friends forever".
Definitions include: see e-penis.
Definitions include: acronym for "search the fucking web".
Definitions include: a metaphorical computer network for data transfer.
Definitions include: "I am not a quantum physicist".
Definitions include: to "text" - i.e. send a text message.
Definitions include: Speculation about the origin of the term includes the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the U.S. and many parts of Europe, as well Faberge' eggs containing hidden objects.
Definitions include: impressive or flashy.
Definitions include: a link to other bloggers' blogs on a blog.

Other terms relating to 'drugs':

Definitions include: marijuana.
Definitions include: a marijuana cigarette; "joint".
Definitions include: Ketamine.
Definitions include: male genitalia, especially the testicles.
Definitions include: small amount of marijuana, less than a bowl.
Definitions include: an Ecstasy (MDMA) tablet.
Definitions include: prescription cough syrup, often mixed with Sprite.
Definitions include: the narcotic drug oxycodone.
Definitions include: melted methamphetamine.
Definitions include: marijuana.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
Definitions include: marijuana.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: when someone "loans" their car to another in exchange for crack-cocaine.
Definitions include: coffee.

Other terms relating to 'sports (related to)':

Definitions include: a stupid or absent-minded person.
Definitions include: gossip, secret information.
Definitions include: to stimulate the genitals with one's hand.
Definitions include: head or haircut.
Definitions include: golf.
Definitions include: abbreviated form of "competition".
Definitions include: to vomit.
Definitions include: basketball.
Definitions include: a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players.
Definitions include: a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players.
Definitions include: a biscuit.
Definitions include: acronym for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Definitions include: to be successful.
Definitions include: Bad person, moron, idiot.
Definitions include: a member of a sports team who performs well in the clutch.

Other terms relating to 'telephone, phone':

Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
Definitions include: cell phone.
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
Definitions include: phone number.
Definitions include: to urinate.
Definitions include: phone.
Definitions include: phone number or digits.
Definitions include: a person or object that erred.
Definitions include: a song.
Definitions include: a handgun.
Definitions include: a request for a phone call.
Definitions include: a five pound note.
Definitions include: a friend.
Definitions include: to call on a telephone.
Definitions include: cell phone.

Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':

Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable.
Definitions include: to destroy.
Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
Definitions include: to destroy.
Definitions include: stiff, sore.
Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
Definitions include: to break, to fail.
Definitions include: to lie to.
Definitions include: to have sex.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".

Other terms relating to 'unintelligent person, idiot':

Definitions include: a goofy, silly, or slightly strange person.
Definitions include: a person who acts like they are addicted to crack cocaine.
Definitions include: an idiot.
Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
Definitions include: retard.
Definitions include: any unintelligent person.
Definitions include: derogatory term; "moron".
Definitions include: stupid. (also used as grapes).
Definitions include: an unintelligent person.
Definitions include: a silly person; "moron"; idiot.
Definitions include: a derogatory term; "asshole"; "jerk".
Definitions include: unintelligent person; "moron".
Definitions include: alternate spelling and pronunciation of "idiot".
Definitions include: British origin.
Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "idiot"; "moron".

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Other terms relating to 'brick':

Definitions include: acronym for "brick-and-mortar".
Definitions include: a "traditional" business with a physical presence.
Definitions include: nice rack
Definitions include: a large muscular person.
Definitions include: anything solid, sturdy, well-built.
Definitions include: of a woman, to be well-endowed.
Definitions include: large, muscular, and strongly built.
Definitions include: very unintelligent.
Definitions include: "dumb brick", i.e. very cold.
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: Couldn't believe it, or make a big deal.
Definitions include: to react with extreme emotion; "freak out".
Definitions include: cold.

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